Exhibit 24(a)


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

            Each undersigned director and/or officer of Solutia Inc. (the
"Company"), a Delaware corporation, does hereby appoint Rosemary L. Klein
and Miriam R. Singer, each of them with full power to act without the other,
as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf (a) the
Annual Report on Form 10-K and any Amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; (b) any amendments to Registration Statements Nos.
333-75812, 333-89818, and 333-99705, all on Form S-3, which have previously
been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act"), covering the registration of securities of the Company
and guarantees of certain of the Company's subsidiaries; and (c) any
amendments to Registration Statements Nos. 333-34587, 333-34593, 333-34683,
333-35689, 333-51081, 333-74463, and 333-39972, all on Form S-8, which have
previously been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, covering
the registration of securities of the Company; giving and granting unto
those attorneys full power and authority to do and perform such actions as
fully as he or she might have done or could do if personally present and
executing any of said documents.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each undersigned director and/or officer has
signed this Power of Attorney as of this 22nd day of February, 2006.


/s/ Jeffry N. Quinn                     /s/ Philip R. Lochner, Jr.
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Jeffry N. Quinn, Director, Chief        Philip R. Lochner, Jr., Director
Executive Officer, and President
(Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ James M. Sullivan                   /s/ Frank A. Metz, Jr.
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James M. Sullivan, Senior Vice          Frank A. Metz, Jr., Director
President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)


/s/ Timothy J. Spihlman                 /s/ J. Patrick Mulcahy
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Timothy J. Spihlman, Vice President     J. Patrick Mulcahy, Director
and Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)


/s/ Paul H. Hatfield                    /s/ Sally G. Narodick
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Paul H. Hatfield, Chairman of the       Sally G. Narodick, Director
Board and Director


/s/ Robert H. Jenkins                   /s/ John B.  Slaughter
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Robert H. Jenkins, Director             John B. Slaughter, Director